This patch adds a "name converter" daemon option that allows you
to specify a user-/group- name converter program that converts
between ID numbers and names.  This only works in daemon mode,
and is useful for both chroot use (since the converter runs
outside the chroot) or to specify a converter that doesn't use
the normal passwd/group setup.

The converter must use a null char ('\0') as the line terminator
for input/output on stdin/stdout.  A sample converter written in
perl is supplied in the support dir: nameconvert.  To use it,
specify this daemon option:

    name converter = /path/nameconvert

If /path/ is omitted, the script will be found on the $PATH.

To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:

    patch -p1 <patches/nameconverter.diff
    ./configure                         (optional if already run)
    make

based-on: 1ddcdaf3f6808ba53aef9e19f630a18808de22ac
diff --git a/clientserver.c b/clientserver.c
--- a/clientserver.c
+++ b/clientserver.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ char *auth_user;
 int read_only = 0;
 int module_id = -1;
 int munge_symlinks = 0;
+pid_t namecvt_pid = 0;
 struct chmod_mode_struct *daemon_chmod_modes;
 
 /* module_dirlen is the length of the module_dir string when in daemon
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ unsigned int module_dirlen = 0;
 char *full_module_path;
 
 static int rl_nulls = 0;
+static int namecvt_fd_req = -1, namecvt_fd_ans = -1;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SIGACTION
 static struct sigaction sigact;
@@ -571,7 +573,7 @@ static int rsync_module(int f_in, int f_out, int i, char *addr, char *host)
 	log_init(1);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PUTENV
-	if (*lp_prexfer_exec(i) || *lp_postxfer_exec(i)) {
+	if (*lp_prexfer_exec(i) || *lp_postxfer_exec(i) || *lp_name_converter(i)) {
 		char *modname, *modpath, *hostaddr, *hostname, *username;
 		int status;
 
@@ -660,6 +662,44 @@ static int rsync_module(int f_in, int f_out, int i, char *addr, char *host)
 			set_blocking(fds[1]);
 			pre_exec_fd = fds[1];
 		}
+		if (*lp_name_converter(i)) {
+			int fds_to[2], fds_from[2];
+			if (pipe(fds_to) < 0 || pipe(fds_from) < 0
+			 || (namecvt_pid = fork()) < 0) {
+				rsyserr(FLOG, errno, "name-converter exec preparation failed");
+				io_printf(f_out, "@ERROR: name-converter exec preparation failed\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+			if (namecvt_pid == 0) {
+				char *args[100], *run = lp_name_converter(i);
+				int cnt = 0;
+				close(fds_to[1]);
+				close(fds_from[0]);
+				set_blocking(fds_to[0]);
+				set_blocking(fds_from[1]);
+				close(STDIN_FILENO);
+				close(STDOUT_FILENO);
+				dup2(fds_to[0], STDIN_FILENO);
+				dup2(fds_from[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+				while (cnt+1 < (int)(sizeof args / sizeof (char *))) {
+					char *space = strchr(run, ' ');
+					args[cnt++] = run;
+					if (!space)
+						break;
+					*space = '\0';
+					run = space + 1;
+				}
+				args[cnt] = NULL;
+				execvp(args[0], args);
+				_exit(1);
+			}
+			close(fds_to[0]);
+			close(fds_from[1]);
+			set_blocking(fds_to[1]);
+			set_blocking(fds_from[0]);
+			namecvt_fd_req = fds_to[1];
+			namecvt_fd_ans = fds_from[0];
+		}
 		umask(0);
 	}
 #endif
@@ -887,6 +927,44 @@ static int rsync_module(int f_in, int f_out, int i, char *addr, char *host)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int namecvt_name(const char *cmd, const char *name)
+{
+	char buf[1024];
+	int got, len = snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s %s", cmd, name);
+	if (len >= (int)sizeof buf) {
+		rprintf(FERROR, "namecvt_name() request was too large.\n");
+		exit_cleanup(RERR_UNSUPPORTED);
+	}
+	while ((got = write(namecvt_fd_req, buf, len + 1)) != len + 1) {
+		if (got < 0 && errno == EINTR)
+			continue;
+		rprintf(FERROR, "Connection to name-converter failed.\n");
+		exit_cleanup(RERR_SOCKETIO);
+	}
+	if (!(len = read_arg_from_pipe(namecvt_fd_ans, buf, sizeof buf)))
+		return 0;
+	return atoi(buf);
+}
+
+const char *namecvt_id(const char *cmd, int id)
+{
+	char buf[1024];
+	int got, len = snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s %d", cmd, id);
+	if (len >= (int)sizeof buf) {
+		rprintf(FERROR, "namecvt_id() request was too large.\n");
+		exit_cleanup(RERR_UNSUPPORTED);
+	}
+	while ((got = write(namecvt_fd_req, buf, len + 1)) != len + 1) {
+		if (got < 0 && errno == EINTR)
+			continue;
+		rprintf(FERROR, "Connection to name-converter failed.\n");
+		exit_cleanup(RERR_SOCKETIO);
+	}
+	if (!(len = read_arg_from_pipe(namecvt_fd_ans, buf, sizeof buf)))
+		return NULL;
+	return strdup(buf);
+}
+
 /* send a list of available modules to the client. Don't list those
    with "list = False". */
 static void send_listing(int fd)
diff --git a/loadparm.c b/loadparm.c
--- a/loadparm.c
+++ b/loadparm.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ typedef struct
 	char *log_file;
 	char *log_format;
 	char *name;
+	char *name_converter;
 	char *outgoing_chmod;
 	char *path;
 	char *postxfer_exec;
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ static service sDefault =
  /* log_file; */		NULL,
  /* log_format; */		"%o %h [%a] %m (%u) %f %l",
  /* name; */			NULL,
+ /* name_converter; */		NULL,
  /* outgoing_chmod; */		NULL,
  /* path; */			NULL,
  /* postxfer_exec; */		NULL,
@@ -326,6 +328,7 @@ static struct parm_struct parm_table[] =
  {"max verbosity",     P_INTEGER,P_LOCAL, &sDefault.max_verbosity,     NULL,0},
  {"munge symlinks",    P_BOOL,   P_LOCAL, &sDefault.munge_symlinks,    NULL,0},
  {"name",              P_STRING, P_LOCAL, &sDefault.name,              NULL,0},
+ {"name converter",    P_STRING, P_LOCAL, &sDefault.name_converter,    NULL,0},
  {"numeric ids",       P_BOOL,   P_LOCAL, &sDefault.numeric_ids,       NULL,0},
  {"outgoing chmod",    P_STRING, P_LOCAL, &sDefault.outgoing_chmod,    NULL,0},
  {"path",              P_PATH,   P_LOCAL, &sDefault.path,              NULL,0},
@@ -416,6 +419,7 @@ FN_LOCAL_STRING(lp_outgoing_chmod, outgoing_chmod)
 FN_LOCAL_STRING(lp_path, path)
 FN_LOCAL_STRING(lp_postxfer_exec, postxfer_exec)
 FN_LOCAL_STRING(lp_prexfer_exec, prexfer_exec)
+FN_LOCAL_STRING(lp_name_converter, name_converter)
 FN_LOCAL_STRING(lp_refuse_options, refuse_options)
 FN_LOCAL_STRING(lp_secrets_file, secrets_file)
 FN_LOCAL_STRING(lp_temp_dir, temp_dir)
diff --git a/rsyncd.conf.yo b/rsyncd.conf.yo
--- a/rsyncd.conf.yo
+++ b/rsyncd.conf.yo
@@ -159,10 +159,11 @@ if the module is not read-only).
 
 When this parameter is enabled, rsync will not attempt to map users and groups
 by name (by default), but instead copy IDs as though bf(--numeric-ids) had
-been specified.  In order to enable name-mapping, rsync needs to be able to
+been specified.  In order to enable name-mapping, rsync needs either the
+bf(name converter) parameter to specify a conversion program, or it needs to
 use the standard library functions for looking up names and IDs (i.e.
 code(getpwuid()), code(getgrgid()), code(getpwname()), and code(getgrnam())).
-This means the rsync
+The latter choice means the rsync
 process in the chroot hierarchy will need to have access to the resources
 used by these library functions (traditionally /etc/passwd and
 /etc/group, but perhaps additional dynamic libraries as well).
@@ -227,6 +228,27 @@ path elements that rsync believes will allow a symlink to escape the module's
 hierarchy.  There are tricky ways to work around this, though, so you had
 better trust your users if you choose this combination of parameters.
 
+dit(bf(name converter))  This parameter lets you specify a
+program that will be run by the rsync daemon (prior to bf(use chroot), if
+that parameter is enabled) to convert user/group names into numbers or visa
+versa.  There is a sample perl script in the support directory named
+"nameconvert" that you can use to enable the use of the normal passwd/group
+lookup calls in a chroot daemon (which does not require any extra files
+be placed in the chroot area).  This use is configured as follows:
+
+verb(    name converter = /path/nameconvert)
+
+You could alternately specify a program that responds to each request using
+a lookup table to find the names and numbers, this allows you to configure
+per-module name conversion.  See the support/nameconvert script for the
+details of what requests can be sent to the program.
+
+The program will have access to some of the environment variables that are
+described in the section on bf(pre-xfer exec): bf(RSYNC_MODULE_NAME),
+bf(RSYNC_MODULE_PATH), bf(RSYNC_HOST_ADDR), bf(RSYNC_HOST_NAME), and
+bf(RSYNC_USER_NAME).  This is useful if you want to customize the
+conversion using a single program invocation.
+
 dit(bf(charset)) This specifies the name of the character set in which the
 module's filenames are stored.  If the client uses an bf(--iconv) option,
 the daemon will use the value of the "charset" parameter regardless of the
diff --git a/support/nameconvert b/support/nameconvert
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/nameconvert
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# This implements a simple protocol to do {user,group}-{name,id}
+# conversions.  All input and output consists of simple strings
+# with a terminating null char (or newline for debugging).  If
+# the conversion fails, an empty string is returned.
+#
+# The requests can be:
+#
+# uid ID_NUM\0  ->  NAME\0
+# gid ID_NUM\0  ->  NAME\0
+# usr NAME\0    ->  ID_NUM\0
+# grp NAME\0    ->  ID_NUM\0
+#
+# An unknown ID_NUM or NAME results in an empty return value.
+#
+# This is used by an rsync daemon when configured with the
+# "name converter" setting.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my $eol = grep(/^--debug$/, @ARGV) ? "\n" : "\0";
+$/ = $eol;
+
+$| = 1;
+
+while (<STDIN>) {
+    chomp;
+    my $ans;
+    if (/^uid (\d+)$/) {
+	$ans = getpwuid($1);
+    } elsif (/^gid (\d+)$/) {
+	$ans = getgrgid($1);
+    } elsif (/^usr (\S+)$/) {
+	$ans = getpwnam($1);
+    } elsif (/^grp (\S+)$/) {
+	$ans = getgrnam($1);
+    } else {
+	die "Invalid request: $_";
+    }
+    $ans = '' unless defined $ans;
+    print $ans, $eol;
+}
diff --git a/t_stub.c b/t_stub.c
--- a/t_stub.c
+++ b/t_stub.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ int preserve_xattrs = 0;
 mode_t orig_umask = 002;
 char *partial_dir;
 char *module_dir;
+pid_t namecvt_pid;
 struct filter_list_struct daemon_filter_list;
 
  void rprintf(UNUSED(enum logcode code), const char *format, ...)
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ struct filter_list_struct daemon_filter_list;
 	return -1;
 }
 
+ int namecvt_name(UNUSED(const char *cmd), UNUSED(const char *name))
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
  char *lp_name(UNUSED(int mod))
 {
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/uidlist.c b/uidlist.c
--- a/uidlist.c
+++ b/uidlist.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ extern int preserve_uid;
 extern int preserve_gid;
 extern int preserve_acls;
 extern int numeric_ids;
+extern pid_t namecvt_pid;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETGROUPS
 # ifndef GETGROUPS_T
@@ -67,8 +68,12 @@ static struct idlist *add_to_list(struct idlist **root, id_t id, const char *nam
 /* turn a uid into a user name */
 static const char *uid_to_name(uid_t uid)
 {
-	struct passwd *pass = getpwuid(uid);
-	if (pass)
+	struct passwd *pass;
+
+	if (namecvt_pid)
+		return namecvt_id("uid", (int)uid);
+
+	if ((pass = getpwuid(uid)) != NULL)
 		return strdup(pass->pw_name);
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -76,8 +81,12 @@ static const char *uid_to_name(uid_t uid)
 /* turn a gid into a group name */
 static const char *gid_to_name(gid_t gid)
 {
-	struct group *grp = getgrgid(gid);
-	if (grp)
+	struct group *grp;
+
+	if (namecvt_pid)
+		return namecvt_id("gid", (int)gid);
+
+	if ((grp = getgrgid(gid)) != NULL)
 		return strdup(grp->gr_name);
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ extern int preserve_times;
 extern int human_readable;
 extern int preserve_xattrs;
 extern char *module_dir;
-extern unsigned int module_dirlen;
 extern mode_t orig_umask;
 extern char *partial_dir;
+extern pid_t namecvt_pid;
+extern unsigned int module_dirlen;
 extern struct filter_list_struct daemon_filter_list;
 
 int sanitize_paths = 0;
@@ -507,24 +508,44 @@ void kill_all(int sig)
 /** Turn a user name into a uid */
 int name_to_uid(const char *name, uid_t *uid_p)
 {
-	struct passwd *pass;
+	uid_t uid;
+
 	if (!name || !*name)
 		return 0;
-	if (!(pass = getpwnam(name)))
-		return 0;
-	*uid_p = pass->pw_uid;
+
+	if (namecvt_pid) {
+		if (!(uid = namecvt_name("usr", name)))
+			return 0;
+	} else {
+		struct passwd *pass;
+		if (!(pass = getpwnam(name)))
+			return 0;
+		uid = pass->pw_uid;
+	}
+
+	*uid_p = uid;
 	return 1;
 }
 
 /** Turn a group name into a gid */
 int name_to_gid(const char *name, gid_t *gid_p)
 {
-	struct group *grp;
+	gid_t gid;
+
 	if (!name || !*name)
 		return 0;
-	if (!(grp = getgrnam(name)))
-		return 0;
-	*gid_p = grp->gr_gid;
+
+	if (namecvt_pid) {
+		if (!(gid = namecvt_name("grp", name)))
+			return 0;
+	} else {
+		struct group *grp;
+		if (!(grp = getgrnam(name)))
+			return 0;
+		gid = grp->gr_gid;
+	}
+
+	*gid_p = gid;
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff -up a/proto.h b/proto.h
--- a/proto.h
+++ b/proto.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ int check_name(int fd,
 int start_socket_client(char *host, int remote_argc, char *remote_argv[],
 			int argc, char *argv[]);
 int start_inband_exchange(int f_in, int f_out, const char *user, int argc, char *argv[]);
+int namecvt_name(const char *cmd, const char *name);
+const char *namecvt_id(const char *cmd, int id);
 int start_daemon(int f_in, int f_out);
 int daemon_main(void);
 void set_allow_inc_recurse(void);
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ char *lp_outgoing_chmod(int module_id);
 char *lp_path(int module_id);
 char *lp_postxfer_exec(int module_id);
 char *lp_prexfer_exec(int module_id);
+char *lp_name_converter(int module_id);
 char *lp_refuse_options(int module_id);
 char *lp_secrets_file(int module_id);
 char *lp_temp_dir(int module_id);
diff -up a/rsyncd.conf.5 b/rsyncd.conf.5
--- a/rsyncd.conf.5
+++ b/rsyncd.conf.5
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ if the module is not read\-only).
 .IP 
 When this parameter is enabled, rsync will not attempt to map users and groups
 by name (by default), but instead copy IDs as though \fB\-\-numeric\-ids\fP had
-been specified.  In order to enable name\-mapping, rsync needs to be able to
+been specified.  In order to enable name\-mapping, rsync needs either the
+\fBname converter\fP parameter to specify a conversion program, or it needs to
 use the standard library functions for looking up names and IDs (i.e.
 \f(CWgetpwuid()\fP
 , 
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ use the standard library functions for l
 , and 
 \f(CWgetgrnam()\fP
 ).
-This means the rsync
+The latter choice means the rsync
 process in the chroot hierarchy will need to have access to the resources
 used by these library functions (traditionally /etc/passwd and
 /etc/group, but perhaps additional dynamic libraries as well).
@@ -253,6 +254,31 @@ path elements that rsync believes will a
 hierarchy.  There are tricky ways to work around this, though, so you had
 better trust your users if you choose this combination of parameters.
 .IP 
+.IP "\fBname converter\fP"
+This parameter lets you specify a
+program that will be run by the rsync daemon (prior to \fBuse chroot\fP, if
+that parameter is enabled) to convert user/group names into numbers or visa
+versa.  There is a sample perl script in the support directory named
+\(dq\&nameconvert\(dq\& that you can use to enable the use of the normal passwd/group
+lookup calls in a chroot daemon (which does not require any extra files
+be placed in the chroot area).  This use is configured as follows:
+.IP 
+.nf 
+    name converter = /path/nameconvert
+.fi 
+
+.IP 
+You could alternately specify a program that responds to each request using
+a lookup table to find the names and numbers, this allows you to configure
+per\-module name conversion.  See the support/nameconvert script for the
+details of what requests can be sent to the program.
+.IP 
+The program will have access to some of the environment variables that are
+described in the section on \fBpre\-xfer exec\fP: \fBRSYNC_MODULE_NAME\fP,
+\fBRSYNC_MODULE_PATH\fP, \fBRSYNC_HOST_ADDR\fP, \fBRSYNC_HOST_NAME\fP, and
+\fBRSYNC_USER_NAME\fP.  This is useful if you want to customize the
+conversion using a single program invocation.
+.IP 
 .IP "\fBcharset\fP"
 This specifies the name of the character set in which the
 module\(cq\&s filenames are stored.  If the client uses an \fB\-\-iconv\fP option,
